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Maintenance Aide II

The City of Richmond is looking to hire multiple people for our Maintenance Aide II positions within the Public Works Department. These positions play a fundamental part of keeping our City maintained and serviced. Come join our Abatement, Streets, Parks or Building Services Divisions and be a part of something great.

Under close supervision, does routine and repetitive manual laboring tasks in the areas of building, grounds, street maintenance, and City facilities and does related work as required. CLASS CHARACTERISTICS Maintenance Aides may be assigned a variety of routine medium to heavy laboring tasks related to the custodial maintenance of parks, streets, and City facilities. This differs from Maintenance Worker I, Groundskeeper-Gardener, Equipment Utility Worker I, and Utility Worker I who are required to perform work requiring greater job skills and less supervision. Normal work assignments may include evenings and weekends. Appointees to positions within this class shall be limited to appointments not to exceed 1000 hours (125) days in a fiscal year.

Depending on assignments:

• May perform grounds maintenance work such as picking up rubbish, raking leaves, moving and watering lawns, and pulling weeds.
• May assist maintenance and skilled trades personnel in forming building maintenance tasks.
• May perform routine unskilled, heavy manual laboring work in street maintenance such as cleaning gutters, drains, catch basins, and culverts; and repairing street surfaces by spreading, raking, or shoveling asphalt or other materials.
• May clean restrooms and perform other janitorial duties.
• May load, unload or transport equipment, materials and supplies.
• Work in clean-up crew (i.e. clean vacant lots, vacant and abandoned houses, weeds, debris, litter, and trash) throughout the City.
• Work in parks clean-up crew as well as general buildings/facilities clean-up crew.
• Will work under close supervision.

The following duties are not to be performed by this classification:

• Assist in paving work.
• Assist signs and lines crews.
• Assist skilled crafts personnel in areas such as broad-up work.
• Opening/closing up recreation/community centers.
• Perform office clerical work other than routine filing and answering telephones by taking messages.
• Will not operate any power tools.
• Set up tables and chairs.
• Perform any skilled job duties (e.g. paving, painting, electrical, etc)

Ability to perform heavy manual labor and use basic hand tools. In addition, Maintenance Aide II requires six (6) months of work as Maintenance Aide I or comparable experience.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement The City's policy is that all persons hired on or after October 18, 2021, must be fully vaccinated, including the booster, for COVID-19. New employees will be required to provide proof of complete vaccination or have an approved medical or religious accommodation before employment may commence. If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact Human Resources.

To Apply: Submit a City of Richmond Employment Application AND Responses to the Supplemental Questionnaire.

IMMIGRATION REFORM CONTROL ACT: In compliance with the Immigration Reform Control Act of 1986, individuals offered employment by the City of Richmond will be required to show documentation of eligibility to work in the United States as a condition of employment.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY: The City of Richmond is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer, and prohibits discrimination against any applicant on the basis of race, religion, citizenship, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, marital status, reproductive health decision-making, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, or military or veteran status or any other basis protected by law.

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